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​I hope you enjoyed the fireworks last night, whether you were out at a display or watching from the window. There’s one thing about living on a hill, you see them all - I hope you stayed safe.

Kids went back to school this week and now, dare I say it in November? We’re on countdown to Christmas - please look at blog from Friday 9th October as it gives you a huge list of great ideas and links to pages of places to shop for gifts this Christmas – unique and different.

New Members on this week - check them out

C A Hair Design, Caroline Gilbertson

Hunters Garforth, Claire Errington

JML Ironing Services, Jane Lucas

Enhance Dental coming soon when they launch their new website

Last Garforth Hour Live night for 2015 - Saffron 1st December – local business Pre Christmas networking night – if you are a local business please join in every Tuesday on Twitter from 8pm-9pm it’s amazing what can be achieve in that short hour and who sees you. All you have to do is put #Garforthhour in every post and Re-tweet , interact and network with other local businesses – the last two weeks I have seen other local businesses doing their own Christmas shopping with other local businesses - what more could you ask for #shoplocalshoplocal

GREAT FOR GARFORTHLots of talk in and around Garforth about what’s coming, how big, who it’s going to effect, who’s saying what, who’s backing it, who wants or needs it - I will always share any information I come across and then it’s up to you to have your say and you never know, your input might actually help shape what is coming.https://www.facebook.com/Great4Garforth/?fref=tshttp://www.great4garforth.com/

I continually shout about our local businesses, not just shops but the local businesses on our doorstep or next-door to you, please look at them first, they are online too.

I find when talking to community, people have or are just about to give up on the local businesses, and this is down to;

Someone else moaned about it to them, so it put them off,

Have you always listed to someone else’s view; is their opinion the same as yours?

Church Lane gets on their nerves,

Let’s face it; Church Lane gets on everyone’s nerves including the people who park outside their own house..... Until there is some solution as to what they’re going to do about it, then give everyone a wide berth (no pun intended) the people coming up, the people going down, the people parking #keepcalm #smileandwave

Main Street is too busy

Main Street is busy, sometimes at different parts of the day, but what’s the point in still arguing about the spaces on the Road, they’re not going to change, use them to your advantage, they’re there so you can quickly nip in and use one of the local businesses

I can’t get parked,

Yes you can, sometimes you just might have to wait, There are 4 options and it’s FREE

I never think to look -

Please remove your blinkers and look here each day. One lady who lives here actually apologised once after sending me an email saying I would never teach her anything about Garforth as she had lived there for 40 years – 6 months later, she sent me an email apologising as she thought she knew what was local but really, she wasn’t looking properly.

The Main Deal is here to help you find and see it

Now I don’t have a John Lewis Christmas advert up my sleeve, to make a tear fall down your cheek and feel all sentimental (or was that just me?) all I ask is that you think about local first; and not just at Christmas

The reasons above of why not to shop are not justifiable excuses to watch a business go under – Kippax lost the support of its community. THEY WILL BE GONE and it’s not just about losing shops it’s about losing part of our community if they do

Review page went up this week and so far I have had some really lovely feedback. So, please, if you have time, please leave a positive review of what you think of The Main Deal, what benefits do you get out of using it... you can help make it grow

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My name is Christine Thom, I came to live in Garforth nearly 22 years ago; you may have seen me around ?

Over the past 5 years I have grown The Main Deal to give support to local businesses, classes, bands, activities, projects and try every day to change perceptions about the place we all live and how to #shoplocal #uselocal #shopgarforth first

The Blog is here for fun, to help you find out what's been going on each week in TMD HQ and what's relevant to Garforth, planning, news, events, and important information I feel you need to know.​The EthosConnecting community and business with each other through simple and clever marketing, and supporting g the good of where we chose to live.